Battered Dandelion Flowers

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Battered Dandelion flowers

Pick the flowers at noon on a sunny day. This is when most of the sugars in the plant flow to the flower.

Rinse them and soak for a few hours in a deep container with water level above the flowers. Push them under the water until most are waterlogged.

Rinse and repeat

Strain them and spread them on a towel for about an hour.

Beat an egg (free run of course) or two or three depending on how much you are making.
Put a little sea salt in the eggs.

Put some flour in a bag add your favorite spices (I use ground cayenne rosemary and tyme) and shake the bag well.

Dip the flower tops in the eggs and then throw about five or six at a time into the bag and shake them. (Just like shake and bake!)

Throw them in a pan at medium high with a little nonhydrogenated margarine or sunflower oil.

Cook them on each side until golden brown.

They're sweet and have a texture similar to battered mushrooms.

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"nonhydrogenated margarine"

Didn't know there was such a thing. Shocked

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Becel is made with non-hydrogenated oil. Of course it is twice as expensive. I have seen some brands with 66% non hydrogenated oil which are cheaper than some of the brands made entirely of hydrogenated oil.

You will never find a non-hydrogenated margarine in a brick. It will be in a tub and needs to be kept cold at all times or it will turn to liquid.

As well as giving products a longer shelf life the hydrogenation process is used to keep oils from liquefying.

But it evidently will clog your arteries - which of course creates an ideal environment for growth of cancer cells.

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I use coconut and olive oil as butter replacements. I have no problem using butter occasionally either. Coconut oil is thick at room temp.

I've gotta find some organic dandelions now. Smile